Oregon Code § 526.310·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Forestland classification committees; rules.
(1) Pursuant to a request by the State Forester:
(a) The governing
body of a county may establish a forestland classification committee of six
persons, of whom one shall be appointed by the State Forester, one by the
Director of the Oregon State University Extension Service, one by the State
Fire Marshal and three by the governing body. Of the members appointed by the
governing body, one must be an owner of forestland or the representative of an
owner of forestland, and, if the land to be investigated and studied by the
committee includes or is expected to include grazing land, one must be an owner
of grazing land or the representative of an owner of grazing land; or
(b) The governing
bodies of two or more counties may, by written agreement, establish a joint
forestland classification committee. One member of a joint committee shall be
appointed by the State Forester, one by the Director of the Oregon State
University Extension Service and one by the State Fire Marshal. The
governing body of each participating county shall appoint two members. Of the
members appointed by a governing body to a joint committee, one must be an
owner of forestland or the representative of an owner of forestland.
(2) Each
appointing authority shall file with the State Forester the name of its
appointee or appointees, and the persons so named shall constitute the
committee. Unless otherwise provided for by the appointing authority, members
of the committee shall serve a term of four years and may be reappointed to any
number of terms. Each member of the committee at all times is subject to
replacement by the appointing authority, effective upon the filing with the
State Forester by that authority of written notice of the name of the new
appointee.
(3) The committee
shall elect from among its members a chair and a secretary and may elect other
officers as it finds advisable. It shall adopt rules governing its organization
and proceedings and the performance of its duties, and shall keep written
minutes of all its meetings.
(4)(a) The
governing body of a county may provide for the committee and its members such
accommodations and supplies and such county funds not otherwise appropriated as
the governing body finds necessary for the proper performance of the committees
functions.
(b) The forester
may provide for the committee and its members such accommodations and supplies
and such forest protection district funds as the forester finds necessary for
the proper performance of the committees functions.
(5) The members
of the committee shall receive no compensation for their services but a
governing body or a forest protection district may reimburse them for their
actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of
their duties. [Amended by 1965 c.253 §34; 1967 c.429 §30; 1997 c.274 §42; 2009
c.69 §4; 2013 c.148 §1]